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PISA is a two-hour test that compares the performance of 15-year-olds. In the latest test, the countries with the best readers were South Korea and Finland. But students in Shanghai. China, scored the highest of all in reading, mathematics and science. The next results were in Hong Kong. Singapore, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. In all, around half a million students in more than 70 took the test last year. The test has been given every three years since 2000. Last year was the first time Shanghai took part.
Mr. ANDREAS SCHLEICHER says "Asian countries education more than other countries. They have given education a. Every child, every teacher, every parent knows that education is the to success." He says other education systems can learn from Shanghai. For example, he says education spending in the province has increased, including teacher pay and training. And administrators are putting teachers into challenging classroom situations to make them at their jobs. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says that the results an urgent need for Americans to do more to remain in the world economy. He points out that the United States has fallen from first to ninth place in college graduation rates because of by other countries.
Mr Schloichor says international testing experts have investigated and confirmed（证实）the Shanghai scores. He says the PISA results are not representative of all of China. But he also says they dispute the common belief that Chinese educationon repetition and memorization.
